Each finalist will receive 45 per cent of the gate receipts from Wembley Stadium, the Football League has confirmed.

The players will split around £250,000 of that in bonuses, but the rest of the money will go toward helping the League Two club in their efforts to regain their former heights, according to joint chairman Mark Lawn.

''The money means that if we don't get promotion this year then hopefully we can keep this side together,'' Lawn said today.

''Of course we are hoping to get promotion as well, and maybe getting to the final will instil some more belief into the players.''

The income from the Cup run will also allow Bradford to go on a winter training break to Tenerife, a welcome change from their usual training ground at Apperley Bridge which is currently under two inches of snow. There will also be the reward of a trip to Las Vegas at the end of the season.